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methane

[meth-ayn, mee-thayn] / ˈmɛθ eɪn, ˈmi θeɪn /
NOUN
marsh gas
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Rosenthal favors stricter controls in the oil patch, including curbs on methane flaring and venting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The United States is the world's leading emitter of methane from its oil and gas sector, followed by Russia, according to the International Energy Agency.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

“The methane rules have been very cumbersome for us,” said Chad McDougall, vice president at JMA Energy, a privately held oil-and-gas producer in Oklahoma City.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Elon Musk's company will use 41 methane gas turbines to help power the site, which activists say could "significantly increase" local air pollution, external.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Perhaps it is due to complex brightly colored organic molecules produced when ultraviolet light from the Sun breaks down the methane, ammonia, and water in the Jovian atmosphere and the molecular fragments recombine.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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